French Operator Mediaserv Chooses Cambridge Broadband’s Fixed Wireless Access Equipment

Cambridge, UK, 8th December 2004: Cambridge Broadband is providing its VectaStar fixed wireless access equipment to French operator Mediaserv, in a contract to supply base stations and customer premise equipment (CPE) over several years. Using its 3.5GHz licensed spectrum, Mediaserv has launched commercial services in the region of Martinique and Guadeloupe, and network deployment is continuing over the coming months.

Mediaserv is initially providing services to business customers, offering Internet, voice, leased line and virtual private network services. As the network grows, VectaStar customer CPE units will be used as wireless LAN access points, providing services to residential customers and small businesses.

Ehsan Emami, Mediaserv’s CEO, comments: “Our vision is to become the leading operator in our local markets, providing customers with a multi-service network. We chose Cambridge Broadband’s VectaStar equipment because it is the only product on the market that combines a high data rate of 60Mbps, quality of service management and real non-line-of-sight coverage.”

He goes on to add: “Our deployments to date have been a great success. We have thoroughly proven VectaStar’s non-line-of-sight capability and its multiple modulation schemes give us great flexibility in providing services. As a matter of fact, VectaStar will let us enter the WiMax era in the best conditions.”

Mediaserv has 3.5GHz licences in the regions of Martinique, Guadeloupe and French Guiana. The network has been in commercial operation in Martinique since April 2004 and in Guadeloupe since September 2004. Expansion of the networks will continue during 2005 with French Guiana added early 2005.
Zine Seghier, VP Business Development at Cambridge Broadband, comments: “We are very pleased that the network is now in commercial operation and that our VectaStar equipment has met the rigorous demands imposed by Mediaserv. We are continuing to work closely with Mediaserv to roll out more base stations, enabling them to quickly provide customers with high quality, flexible services.”

By the end of the year, Mediaserv will have installed 10 base stations and more than 200 CPEs.

About Mediaserv www.antilladoo.com.
Mediaserv is a multi-service telecom operator in the Caribbean and French Guiana Region with a presence in Paris. Mediaserv is a subsidiary of Loret Group, one of the major actors in the French West Indies and Guiana economies with sales of EURO 400 million in 2003. Mediaserv has fixed and fixed wireless (3.5 GHz) telecommunication licenses. Mediaserv has been offering Internet services in French Caribbean since 1997.

About Cambridge Broadband www.cambridgebroadband.com
An active member of the WiMAX Forum, Cambridge Broadband has pioneered the development of carrier-class, point-to-multipoint broadband wireless access equipment for network operators wishing to deploy high-capacity, multi-service networks. The company is focused on delivering high quality multi-service networks with the best price-performance in the 3.5GHz band for license holders worldwide. Cambridge Broadband was formed in January 2000 by an experienced team with a strong record of successful innovation in broadband wireless design.

About VectaStar 3500
Cambridge Broadband’s 3.5GHz VectaStar 3500 system offers the most advanced combination of high bandwidth, high coverage and extended range on the market. It supports multiple carrier-class services simultaneously, each with robust QoS and has a 480Mbps (Megabits per second) base station capacity that can deliver up to 60Mbps full-duplex per customer. The VectaStar has excellent non-line-of-sight capability and self-backhaul at ranges up to 20km, making it a compelling solution for network operators looking to deploy high-capacity multi-service networks.